Commissions T.O.S.

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These are my rules for art that anyone wants to commission from me. Please read through this carefully before asking about commissions. I've been long overdue to post my TOS.

I'm sorry if this upsets anyone having to read what is listed below. That is not the point of it and I am staying aware to prevent anyone for ever trying to ask this type of thing. 

What I will NEVER draw:

-Anything racist, sexist, warfare, or online Hate

-ANY sort of fetish

-Scat, Diapers, Child Pornography, Milk Sucking

-Extreme Violence or Gore

-Exposed sexual organs, Yaoi, Rape, Pornography, Adult 'toys', Any objects  used for or in sex

-Any potentially scarring, harmful, hateful, or otherwise upsetting content

-Overly grotesque or exaggerated features, including oversized boobs, fat fetish, anorexia etc

-Anything related to masturbation, menstral cycles, tampons, condoms, ew no etc

-Anything plagiarizing or is malevolent to an existing piece

What I have the right to (and will most likely) refuse drawing:

-A racy or potentially upsetting character/scene

-Violence/Horror/Corpses

-Any sort of phobia

-Sexual content leading up to suggestive material that may allude to anything noted on the previous list

-Extremely complex characters, which includes 15 or more colours, or has up to three or four or more layers of markings/clothing/accessories either on the main part of or all of the body

-Asking to draw your character 'fat' or 'skinny'

-Anything related to or may seem like animal abuse, sexism, religions ceremonies, or against religion

What I am OKAY with Drawing:

-Semi-sexual content. This includes slightly suggestive material, without any exposed breasts/other sexual organs. This COULD include slight sexual harassment/groping, but only to the point where it does not upset many people, and does not appear pornographic. I will draw kissing, hugging, maybe some playing or costumes, but nothing listed that I will not draw.

-I am fine with yaoi/yuri, AS LONG AS it does not show anything listed that I refuse to draw. This includes animals as well

-Pregnancy, AS LONG AS it is not shown as anything else but an event for a character that is ongoing, not represented as a sexual thing or a fetish. I will not draw abortions/birth/etc. I MAY draw an unhappy or scared character that is pregnant IF it is for a reason which may/may have been going on in their backstory or current timeline

-I will draw babies/children, but only if it is represented as a happy/cute thing, rather as the child of your character(s) or a younger form of them

-Unique or Original Species, maybe a character from an anime or other fandom (I will NOT draw homestuck or Hetalia for personal reasons)

-Anything else not listed

What you, the Commissioner has Permission to do:

-You are allowed to:
Request changes to a design or piece, AS LONG AS it is asked in the early stages of drawing, or, if it is a minor change, near the final product

-You may change which character you would like me to draw, ONLY IF:
You have recently traded that character to a different person (this is the only case in which I will allow a character to be changed if I have gone further than the sketch), or have updated their ref/made changes to the design
If you are worried or upset that this character is being plagiarized or stolen, or another personal reason

-You may request a refund on a commission ONLY IF:
If you suddenly need the points/money and I HAVE NOT YET STARTED the piece (or are still in very early stages)- this applies for all refunds except for some special cases
If it has been over a month and or you have not seen any signs that I am actively working on, or have started, OR even remember the commission 
If you have suddenly encountered any sort of emergency that requires you to get money immediately, (This is the only case in which I will allow a refund if I have already made progress on the piece, and you MUST give me a valid reason to why you need it back) and/or can resend payment in up to a year after the emergency, UNLESS you still need money during and after this time

You MAY NOT:
-Try to guilt-trip me, beg for money using an emergency as an excuse, whine or otherwise complain about my commission prices, or demand/request additional art either using the excuse 'I don't like it' or 'it isn't what I asked for'. 

-Continuously ask/demand if I have started on your commission, unless it has been over a month. This is extremely irritating and stressful, especially when I have lots of art to work on. I do not care if it seems I'm not doing anything by offering requests or working on personal art; I choose what I want to draw, and if you don't have enough patience to wait for it to arrive then please leave. (This does not apply to a one-time offence, or if you are just checking in to make sure I remember it, or have got started after a week or longer, or checking that payment has been received)

-Continue bugging me by hinting you want art/species from me and trying to get free stuff by acting like my friend. Friendships are formed by too people who have something in common and talking about it, then later talking more and more often. If you think coming to my livestream every once in a while and acting friendly means I will give you free art, screw off.

-I DO NOT LIKE IT when you download my art and post it through your account. Even if you give me credit, it makes me feel fairly uncomfortable, as to me it feels like you are stealing/taking credit for it. I get it, you're excited, you want to share your new character or drawing I have done for you. Just please don't. I don't like it, even if often I try not to say anything. If you want to share it that badly, instead, please: put it in your stash in a folder with your character(s), or favourite it to a folder with art drawn for you, or post it in a journal with a link to rather your stash or the original piece. It's not that I don't want you to share my art, I just feel very uncomfortable seeing something drawn by me posted by an account I have no control over. Truthfully, it feels a lot like stealing.

-Don't send me a link to your stash with a bunch of NSFW characters. I don't want to see dicks or boobs, got it? If you do I will hide your comment and refuse your commission.

-You can ask me to draw art for someone else as a commission/gift, but please let me know beforehand who's it for.

That is all for now. If you have anything to say, please comment. Thank you.
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breathtakinq's avatar
Just wondering, is there an adoptable TOS? :'o